cycle-ergmTerm-20398683: k-Cycle Census

In ergm: Fit, Simulate and Diagnose Exponential-Family Models for Networks

k-Cycle Census

Description

This term adds one network statistic to the model for each value of k , corresponding to the number of k -cycles (or, alternately, semicycles) in the graph.

This term can be used with either directed or undirected networks.

Usage

# binary: cycle(k, semi=FALSE)

Arguments

k	a vector of integers giving the cycle lengths to count. Directed cycle lengths may range from 2 to N (the network size); undirected cycle lengths and semicycle lengths may range from 3 to N ; length 2 semicycles are not currently supported.
semi	an optional logical indicating whether semicycles (rather than directed cycles) should be counted; this is ignored in the undirected case.
directed	2-cycles are equivalent to mutual dyads.

See Also

ergmTerm for index of model terms currently visible to the package.

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